MollenbergSky

Messier 78 (aka NGC 2068)

M78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. M78 is part of the massive the Orion B molecular cloud complex. It is approx. 1,350 light-years from Earth.

This image integrates approx. 44 x 300 second subframes taken on 30 October 2022, since then it's been awful weather but tonight looks promising. Processing in APP and PixInsight.

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@smilingj@astrodon.social

@MollenbergSky I quite like your picture but I'm not sure if there's too much green in it. It would be interesting how it looks after (another) round of SCNR.

MollenbergSky

@smilingj@astrodon.social yeah I agree in retrospect ☺️ new edit!

@smilingj@astrodon.social

@MollenbergSky That looks nice!